Petit lac du Brochet Fishing in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  The Laurentides entry here is Petit lac du Brochet, in Quebec. Everything around it is pine and birch. The water measures roughly 6 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. Nearest place of any size is Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, 39 km away. It is 67 km to Gatineau, the nearest city. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac du Brochet

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Laurentides names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Petit lac du Brochet the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 18°C on average, January about -14°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Petit lac du Brochet runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. If the gate is shut, Lac a Magella at 1.8 km is the nearest alternative. Rules at Petit lac du Brochet are worth checking on the day.